February 2015 Results

Trades: 33
Winners: 15
Losers: 12
Break evens: 6
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Total Gains: $917.50
Total Losses: $-4,145.20
Avg Gain: $61.17
Avg Loss: $-345.43
Biggest Gain: $360.00
Biggest Loss: $3632.70
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Trade Net: $-3,190.20
Commissions: -$227.17
Short term Trading Net: $-3417.37
Month Net: $-3417.37
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I bit the bullet on a S&P strangle trade that I had been rolling over since September.  If I had not screwed up on managing the trade - the loss would have been a lot smaller.
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It is hard to look at this month and say it was a good month. Remove the strangle trade and I would have been up $300 on the month.  That also includes I had dug myself a $300 hole in the frist couple of trade so the rest of the month was good for me.  But still it seems silly to say you had a good month losing over $3400.
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The only saving grace is that the IRA does mark to market on commodity option trades so most of this loss landed on last years tax return.  

January 2015 Results

Trades: 33
Winners: 16
Losers: 13
Break evens: 4
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Total Gains: $1,290.00
Total Losses: $-680.00
Avg Gain: $80.63
Avg Loss: $-52.31
Biggest Gain: $460.00
Biggest Loss: $100.00
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Trade Net: $610.00
Commissions: -$155.65
Short term Trading Net: $454.35
Month Net: $454.35
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Nice way to start off the year.  Had a couple of big option winners (selling premium) . Still never frustrated with my futures trading.  Had too many WTFWIT trades.

December 2014 Results

Trades: 26
Winners: 10
Losers: 11
Break evens: 5
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Total Gains: $657.70
Total Losses: $-1,137.50
Avg Gain: $65.75
Avg Loss: $-103.41
Biggest Gain: $87.00
Biggest Loss: $300.0
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Trade Net: $-480.00
Commissions: -$157.74
Short term Trading Net: -$637.74
Month Net: -$637.74
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This was not a good month in either trading results or mental capital. I had a two day period where I lost about $1000 and did some stupid things.  One of them I had a computer issue that allowed me to enter a position 3 times larger than normal.  So instead of hitting the get me out button once I saw what happened - I decided to let it ride and take a major lose.